Forex Economic Calendar for March 24, 2010

ECONOMIC CALENDAR

FOREX GLOBAL ECONOMIC CALENDAR

Wed., Mar 24				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	EUR	12:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	FEB	6.5%	-	6.4%

	CZK	04:00 AM	Consumer Confidence Index	MAR	91.0	-	92.3

	CZK	04:00 AM	Business Confidence Indicator	MAR	87.7	-	88.1

	EUR	04:00 AM	PMI Composite	MAR P	55.2	-	55.6

	EUR	04:00 AM	PMI Services	MAR P	53.0	55	54.6

	EUR	04:00 AM	PMI Manufacturing	MAR P	56.3	54.2	54.9

	SEK	04:15 AM	Consumer Confidence Index	MAR	15.5	13.2	13.9 (R)

	EUR	04:30 AM	Consumer Confidence Index	MAR	106.3	106.5	107.7

	EUR	04:30 AM	PMI Services	MAR P	54.7	52	51.9

	EUR	04:30 AM	PMI Manufacturing	MAR P	59.6	56.9	57.2

	EUR	04:30 AM	PMI Composite	MAR P	58.5	-	55.7

	ISK	05:00 AM	CPI (M-o-M)	MAR	0.6%	-	1.1%

	ISK	05:00 AM	CPI (Y-o-Y)	MAR	8.5%	-	7.3%

	EUR	05:00 AM	CB Coincidence Index	JAN	-	-	0.1(R) %

	EUR	05:00 AM	CB Leading Index	JAN	0.5 %	-	0.5 (R) %

	EUR	05:00 AM	Germany IFO - Current Assessment	MAR	94.4	91.0	89.8

	EUR	05:00 AM	Germany IFO - Expectations	MAR	101.9	101.0	100.9

	EUR	05:00 AM	Germany IFO - Business Climate	MAR	98.1	95.6	95.2

	PLN	05:00 AM	Retail Sales (Y-o-Y)	FEB	0.1 %	3.8 %	2.5 %

	PLN	05:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	FEB	13 %	13.0 %	12.7 %

	NOK	05:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	DEC - FEB	3.3 %	3.4 %	3.3 %

	EUR	05:00 AM	PMI Manufacturing	MAR P	56.3	54.0	54.2

	EUR	05:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	Q4	8.2 %	8.3 %	7.9 (R) %

	EUR	05:00 AM	PMI Services	MAR P	53.7	52.0	51.8

	EUR	05:00 AM	PMI Composite	MAR P	55.5	53.5	53.7

	EUR	05:00 AM	Germany IFO - Business Climate	MAR	-	-	95.2

	EUR	05:00 AM	Germany IFO - Business Climate	MAR	-	-	95.2

	EUR	05:00 AM	Germany IFO - Current Assessment	MAR	-	-	89.8

	ZAR	05:30 AM	CPI (M-o-M)	FEB	0.6%	0.6%	0.3%

	ZAR	05:30 AM	CPI (Y-o-Y)	FEB	5.7%	5.7%	6.2%

	EUR	06:00 AM	Industrial New Orders (Y-o-Y)	JAN	7.0%	13.9%	9.5%

	EUR	06:00 AM	Industrial New Orders (M-o-M)	JAN	-2.0 %	2.2 %	0.8 %

	USD	07:00 AM	MBA Mortgage Applications	MAR 19	-4.2%	-	-1.9%

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders Ex. Defence (M-o-M)	FEB	1.6 %	-	1.7 (R) %

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders (M-o-M)	FEB	0.5 %	0.9 %	3.9 (R) %

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders Ex. Transporation (M-o-M)	FEB	0.9 %	0.5 %	-0.6 %

	NOK	09:00 AM	Interest Rate Decision	-	1.75 %	-	1.75 %

	USD	10:00 AM	New Home Sales - Median Prices	FEB	220.5K	-	207.9 (R)K

	USD	10:00 AM	New Home Sales - Units	FEB	308K	315K	315 (R)K

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Crude Oil Inventory (Barrels)	MAR 19	351.3M	-	344.0M

	MXN	11:00 AM	Imports	FEB P	20.88B	-	19.34B

	MXN	11:00 AM	Exports	FEB P	21.12B	-	19.30B

	MXN	11:00 AM	Core CPI (Bi-Weekly)	MAR 15	0.18 %	0.21 %	0.17 %

	MXN	11:00 AM	Trade Balance	FEB P	244M	292M	-332.6M

	MXN	11:00 AM	CPI (Bi-Weekly)	MAR 15	0.46 %	0.28 %	0.18 %

	USD	01:00 PM	EIA Crude Oil Price	MAR 19	81.46	-	81.76

	MXN	01:00 PM	CB Leading Index	JAN	0.7 %	-	0.6 (R) %

	MXN	01:00 PM	CB Coincidence Index	JAN	0.4 %	-	0.3 %

	NZD	06:45 PM	GDP (Y-o-Y)	Q4	0.4%	0.4 %	-1.3 %

	NZD	06:45 PM	GDP (Q-o-Q)	Q4	0.8%	0.8 %	0.2 %

	JPY	07:50 PM	Corp Service Price (Y-o-Y)	FEB	-1.3%	-1.2 %	-1.2 % (R)